Q. I often recruit Excel to do double duty as a database, and there are times I’d like to reverse the order of numbers or names in a table. How can I do that? A. In other words, you want to take a ...

Excel tables have many benefits that regular spreadsheets lack. The biggest is the option to use data from multiple tables to create queries and reports.

Here's how to create a pivot table in Excel to slice and dice your data, letting you perform in-depth analyses and spot important trends.